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How Students Really Learn: Instructional Strategies That Work » (New Edition)

Authors: Linda Henshall Wilson
ISBN-13: 9781578864959, ISBN-10: 157886495X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: July 2006
Edition: New Edition

This book focuses on improving instructional strategies to design and implement learning opportunities for children to promote long term learning.

1	How we learn	3
2	When do we learn?	16
3	Differences in gender and learning	27
4	Increase oxygen	39
5	Increase water intake	43
6	Improve nutrition	46
7	Increase exercise and movement	52
8	Use color	58
9	Use music	63
10	The learning environment	71
11	Managing/leading the learning environment	89
12	Communication skills for an enriched learning environment	101
13	Before connecting the dots : setting objectives - designing a plan	109
14	Language arts	118
15	Math	137
16	Science and social studies	151
17	Did they learn?	165
App. A	Checklist for KWL chart designed for peer, student, and/or teacher	177
App. B	Descriptive rating scale	179
App. C	Graphic rating scale	181
App. D	Numerical rating scale	183
App. E	Peer-, self-, or teacher-graded rating scale	185
App. F	Graphic checklist	187
App. G	Concept map	189
App. H	Rubric designed for peer, self, and teacher scoring	191